TEMPORARY PROPERTY: PARKING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

a conversation with Warren Neidich, Elena Bajo, Herbie Huff, Vladimir Gallegos and Matias Viegener

July 30, 2011 at The Public School for Perform! Now! Chinatown

2ND EVENT AT PERFORM! NOW! CHINATOWN, WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL, JULY 30TH 2011

ART IN THE PARKING SPACE
A year-long project by Warren Neidich and Elena Bajo
June 30, 2011 – June 30, 2012

PERFORM! NOW! CHINATOWN
Event hosted by The Public School: Saturday, July 30, 2011
7PM - 10PM at The LA Public School and Chung King Road Parking Lot, Chinatown

Featuring artists Emily Mast, David Medalla with Jevijoe Vitug, Gracie Devito, Ana Prvacki and Pash Buzari

7-8 pm: THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHINATOWN

“Temporary Property: Parking in the 21st Century”

A panel discussion with artist & activists whose political and art practice intersect at that one point that some have called a right, others a privilege, and some a complete waste of space: the parking space. We will be looking at parking from its aesthetic & social terrain.

This will be a conversation with Warren Neidich, Elena Bajo, Anna Prvacki, Herbie Huff, Vladimir Gallegos, Alexis Rochas and Matias Viegener.

Ana Prvacki
Ana Prvacki's work will be activated through her participation in the symposium held by the Public School entitled “Temporary Property: Parking in the 21st Century” in which the artist will interview a professional etiquette instructor concerning the 'proper rules' and regulations of parking.

8-10 pm: CHUNG KING ROAD PARKING LOT

There will be ongoing performances by:

Pash Buzari
"ping pong" 2011
Two children are juggling a ping pong ball between each other. The ball jumps from one paddle to the other in an almost steady rhythm. One of the kids, the shorter one stands on a small edge or wall at the curb of a parking lot. The other one is on street level due to their difference in height; the wall levels the difference. It appears to be a still life, a scene from a motion picture, a meditation in space, or possibly all of it together at once.

Gracie Devito
Ode to Cooligde
A performance with me, Jake Devito, Tyler Oyer, Clay Gibson, and Tom Curitore. An asymmetrical composition using the car as its foundation: installations will be inside and out, left and right, top and bottom. The piece is comprised roughly of five short happenings by various artists that will take place within the confines of the composition throughout the night. Each will be prompted by an opening chant or sounds that Devito will provide.

Emily Mast
The parking lot is the main thread in Emily Mast's roving performance consisting of a loosely woven narrative interrupted by non-sequiturs, nonsense and physical surprises that pit private and public against each other. With Elliott Morgan and Beau Ray.

David Medalla with Jevijoe Vitug
Roulette Wheel in Homage to Marcel Duchamp
David Medalla and Jevijoe Vitug will transform the parking lot space into a virtual casino in honor of Duchamp’s credo that art is a game but this time—game is art. Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel will be modified into a roulette wheel with various colors. The players may place bets on the desired color and will be invited to put bets in the form of their own underwear: panties and underpants. The lucky winner in each game will receive signed panties and/or underpants that presumably belonged to famous Hollywood stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Greta Garbo, James Stewart, Rock Hudson, Clark Gable, James Dean, Paul Newman and Elvis Presley. Roulette Wheel in Homage to Marcel Duchamp attempts to convey the thin line between virtual fantasy and reality and also a dialogue on art that is detached from its original meaning and situated in another realm.